1997–98 UEFA Champions League

European football tournament UEFA Champions League 1997–98 Amsterdam Arena .jpg 300px The Amsterdam Arena held the final Qualifying:23 July – 27 August 1997Competition proper:17 September 1997 – 20 May 1998 Competition proper: 24Total: 55 ESP Real Madrid 7 ITA Juventus 85 239 2868568 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)10 goals 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League was the 43rd season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the sixth since its re-branding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The tournament was won by Real Madrid, winning for the first time in 32 years, beating Juventus 1-0, who were playing in a third consecutive final. It started a run of three victories in five seasons for the Spanish club. This season was the first to have six groups, instead of previous four, which meant that only two group runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals as opposed to all the second-placed teams. It was also the first to have two qualifying rounds instead of just one. After three years of entering the UEFA Cup, champions of smaller nations returned to the Champions League. For the first time, the runners-up of eight domestic leagues entered into the competition.Berlin Peter September 19, 1997 European Soccer: Fans Aren't Cheering Champions League https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/19/sports/IHT-european-soccer-fans-arent-cheering-champions-league.html December 22, 2023 New York Times With Borussia Dortmund being the title holders but finishing third in their domestic league the previous season, Germany became the first association to provide three teams to the premier European competition. Borussia Dortmund were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Real Madrid. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Slovakia and the FY Republic of Macedonia all entered their champions for the first time, while the champion of Yugoslavia returned to this competition for the first time since 1991–92 season after the UN ban was lifted. Association team allocation Number of teams per country as well as the starting round for each club and seeding were based on UEFA association coefficients.https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/crank1997.html UEFA Country Ranking 1997 17 October 2019 Associations ranked 1–8 each have two participants Associations ranked 9–48 each have one participant (except Liechtenstein and Albania) Association ranking For the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 1997 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1992–93 to 1996–97.Protzen Martin https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/faq1997.txt FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups RSSSF 3 June 1997 29 January 2025 Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, an association could have an additional team participating in the Champions League, as noted below: (TH) – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders +Association ranking for 1997–98 UEFA Champions LeagueRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1ITA60.73522ESP46.5323FRA 197445.7334GER43.949+1 (TH)5NED36.3506POR34.8007ENG30.8168TUR25.0009GRE25.000110AUT24.95011RUS24.86612BEL24.40013DEN22.95014SWE22.75015NOR22.24916CZE21.66617SUI21.500RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes18POL19.500119SCO18.80020ROU18.65021CRO18.50022UKR17.99823CYP 196016.66524ISR16.41625HUN16.24926GEO 199016.00027SVK15.99928LVA13.83229SVN12.99830FIN12.08231BLR 199511.50032ISL10.99933BUL10.66634MKD Macedonia7.333RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes35LTU 19886.000136MDA6.00037NIR5.33238LIE5.000039WAL4.999140FRY4.75041EST4.66642MLT4.66443IRL4.33144ARM4.16645LUX3.66646FRO3.00047ALB 19922.6660Note ALB48AZE 19911.833149AND0.000050SMR0.000 Distribution Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round(30 teams)30 champions from associations 17–48 (except Liechtenstein and Albania)Note ALBSecond qualifying round(32 teams)9 champions from associations 8–16 8 runners-up from associations 1–815 winners from the first qualifying roundGroup stage(24 teams)Champions League title holders (Borussia Dortmund) 7 champions from associations 1–7 16 winners from the second qualifying roundKnockout phase(8 teams)6 group winners from the group stage 2 best-ranked group runners-up from the group stage Teams 55 teams entered the competition: the national champions of each of the top 48 nations in the UEFA coefficient rankings (except Liechtenstein and Albania), plus the runners-up from each of the top eight nations and UEFA Champions League holders, Borussia Dortmund. The national champions of the associations ranked 1–7 (Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and England), plus the title holders, all received a bye to the group stage, while the national champions of the associations ranked 8–16 and the runners-up of the associations ranked 1–8 all entered in the second qualifying round. The remaining national champions from the associations ranked 17–48 entered in the first qualifying round. Group stageGER Borussia Dortmund (TH)ESP Real Madrid (1st)GER Bayern Munich (1st)POR Porto (1st)ITA Juventus (1st)FRA 1974 Monaco (1st)NED PSV Eindhoven (1st)ENG Manchester United (1st)Second qualifying roundITA Parma (2nd)POR Sporting CP (2nd)GRE Olympiacos (1st)DEN Brøndby (1st)ESP Barcelona (2nd)ENG Newcastle United (2nd)AUT Wüstenrot Salzburg (1st)SWE IFK Göteborg (1st)FRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain (2nd)TUR Galatasaray (1st)RUS Spartak Moscow (1st)NOR Rosenborg (1st)GER Bayer Leverkusen (2nd)TUR Beşiktaş (2nd)BEL Lierse (1st)CZE Sparta Prague (1st)NED Feyenoord (2nd)First qualifying roundSUI Sion (1st)HUN MTK (1st)BUL CSKA Sofia (1st)EST Lantana (1st)POL Widzew Łódź (1st)GEO 1990 Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)MKD Sileks (1st)MLT Valletta (1st)SCO Rangers (1st)SVK Košice (1st)LTU 1988 Kareda (1st)IRL Derry City (1st)ROU Steaua București (1st)LVA Skonto (1st)MDA Constructorul Chișinău (1st)ARM Pyunik (1st)CRO Croatia Zagreb (1st)SVN Maribor (1st)NIR Crusaders (1st)LUX Jeunesse Esch (1st)UKR Dynamo Kyiv (1st)FIN Jazz (1st)WAL Barry Town (1st)FRO GÍ (1st)CYP 1960 Anorthosis Famagusta (1st)BLR 1995 MPKC Mozyr (1st)FRY Partizan (1st)AZE 1991 Neftçi (1st)ISR Beitar Jerusalem (1st)ISL ÍA (1st) Notes Note ALB Albania (ALB): Clubs from Albania were not admitted to UEFA competitions as 1996–97 Albanian Superliga was suspended for several months due to the 1997 Albanian civil unrest and eventually ended in mid-August 1997 (won by Tirana), past the UEFA deadline.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alba97.html Albania 1996/97 www.rsssf.org Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held in Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise). PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round9 July 199723 July 199730 July 1997Second qualifying round13 August 199727 August 1997Group stageMatchday 129 August 199717 September 1997Matchday 21 October 1997Matchday 322 October 1997Matchday 45 November 1997Matchday 526–27 November 1997Matchday 610 December 1997Knockout phaseQuarter-finals17 December 19974 March 199818 March 1998Semi-finals20 March 1998(Lausanne)1 April 199815 April 1998Final20 May 1998 at Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Qualifying rounds 1997–98 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds First qualifying round Q1 Second qualifying round Q2 Group stage 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage Europe 600 right Location of teams of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage.8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D; 8px Green: Group E; 8px Blue: Group F. Europe 50.099803 14.415911 Sparta Brown pog.svg Europe 53.463056 -2.291389 Man. United Red pog.svg Europe 54.975556 -1.621667 Newcastle Orange pog.svg Europe 40.45306 -3.68835 Real Madrid Yellow pog.svg Europe 41.38087 2.122802 Barcelona Orange pog.svg Europe 48.841389 2.253056 PSG Green pog.svg Europe 43.727606 7.415614 Monaco Blue pog.svg Europe 51.038256 7.002206 Leverkusen Blue pog.svg bottom Europe 51.492569 7.451842 Dortmund Brown pog.svg top Europe 48.218775 11.624753 Bayern Green pog.svg Europe 37.946447 23.664317 Olympiacos Yellow pog.svg Europe 45.109444 7.641111 Juventus Red pog.svg left Europe 44.794722 10.338611 Parma Brown pog.svg Europe 63.4125 10.405 Rosenborg Yellow pog.svg Europe 38.761194 -9.160783 Sporting Blue pog.svg Europe 41.161758 -8.583933 Porto Yellow pog.svg Europe 48.740836 21.244497 Košice Red pog.svg Europe 57.706111 11.980556 Göteborg Green pog.svg Europe 41.039206 28.994742 Beşiktaş Green pog.svg left Europe 41.102869 28.990419 Galatasaray Brown pog.svg Europe 50.433439 30.522114 Dynamo Orange pog.svg G Benelux 205 right Location of Benelux teams in the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage Benelux 51.144167 4.573611 Lierse Blue pog.svg left Benelux 51.893894 4.523253 Feyenoord Red pog.svg left Benelux 51.441781 5.467442 PSV Orange pog.svg top Benelux 51.038256 7.002206 Leverkusen Blue pog.svg Benelux 51.492569 7.451842 Dortmund Brown pog.svg Bayer Leverkusen, Beşiktaş, Košice, Feyenoord, Lierse, Newcastle United, Olympiacos, Parma, Sparta Prague (who already qualified for the 1991-92 European Cup group stage) and Sporting CP made their debut in the group stage. Košice lost all six of their group stage matches and thus became the first team to finish a Champions League group stage with no points. They were also first team from Slovakia to play in group stage. Group A Group A yes no_hide_class_rules Group B Group B yes no_hide_class_rules Group C Group C yes no_hide_class_rules Group D Group D yes no_hide_class_rules Group E Group E yes no_hide_class_rules Group F Group F yes no_hide_class_rules Ranking of second-placed teams 2nd place Knockout stage 1997–98 UEFA Champions League knockout stage Bracket Bracket Quarter-finals QF Semi-finals SF Final F Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals1ITA Alessandro Del PieroITA Juventus102FRA 1974 Thierry HenryFRA 1974 Monaco73ITA Filippo InzaghiITA Juventus6UKR 1992 Serhiy RebrovUKR 1992 Dynamo Kyiv65ENG Andy ColeENG Manchester United5UKR 1992 Andriy ShevchenkoUKR 1992 Dynamo Kyiv57GER Stefan BeinlichGER Bayer Leverkusen4TUR Oktay DerelioğluTUR Beşiktaş4BRA EmersonGER Bayer Leverkusen4NGA Victor IkpebaFRA 1974 Monaco4GER Carsten JanckerGER Bayern Munich4ESP Fernando MorientesESP Real Madrid4NOR Sigurd RushfeldtNOR Rosenborg4CRO Davor ŠukerESP Real Madrid4FRA 1974 David TrezeguetFRA 1974 Monaco4SUI Stéphane ChapuisatGER Borussia Dortmund4NOR Harald BrattbakkNOR Rosenborg4NOR Roar StrandNOR Rosenborg4 See also 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup References External links 1997–98 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at RSSSF All scorers 1997–98 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round https://archive.today/20120716063247/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1997/intro.html 1997/98 UEFA Champions League el - results and line-ups (archive) Category:UEFA Champions League seasons 1